Carla Harvey talks new band The Violent Hour, marriage to Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, and Kiss' Gene Simmons officiating her wedding.

The issue is The ultimate review of 2025: the best albums, the biggest events and the megastars who rocked our world.

Eyes Set To Kill, Viridescent, Stitched Up Heart and Lauren Babic are no longer exceptions to the rule - they’re remaking the genre’s sound, aesthetics and narratives.

It’s time to celebrate your faves – and discover something new to love. Here is NME’s list of the 50 best albums of 2025.

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While a photo can be worth a thousand words, historical photos are worth so much more than that. A good historical photo can ...

Forbidden has split with Voivod guitarist Daniel "Chewy" Mongrain and recruited Jeremy Von Epp. "I am honored and forever grateful to have been part of Forbidden, and tour the world together.

If you’ve ever picked up a guitar and seen solid black bars where the pickups should be, then chances are you were holding a guitar equipped with EMG pickups. They became pretty ubiquitous in the late ...

The former guitarist of a death metal band has died. He was 47 years old. According to Metal Injection, Rasmus “Hække” Henriksen — who served as the guitarist for Aarhus, Denmark-based Illdisposed ...

Japan's "Iron Lady" listens to… Iron Maiden? The country's parliament elected veteran ultraconservative lawmaker Sanae Takaichi to serve as the next prime minister on Tuesday, making her the first ...

Well, another one bites the dust. Amicably, thank goodness. After over 10 years with the band, heavy metal legends Accept have announced that they’re parting ways with guitarist Uwe Lulis. Sucks to ...

IDIOTAPE This trio from Seoul plays hard-as-nails electro-rock (for lack of a better term) with six synths and a drum kit. Its members represent ...